Sign apparatus



Sept. 17, 1929. B. H. WALLACE SIGN APPARATUS Filed NOV. 8 1926 E 15.1.

a m J wiwh. la 7 Patented Sept. 17, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENTO FFIcE? BRUCE n. WALLACE, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALFTO rmx n.

rnnnrs, or CLEVELAND, onIo SIGN APPARA US Application filed November 8, 1926. Serial No, 146,993.

I The purpose of this invention has been to design certain novel sign apparatus especially useful in show windows, or on sign-boards, or in like places, for attracting attention to advertising matter, or constituting advertising matter itself.

The features of the invention which have been especially devised for its purposes involve the provision of means for readily mounting a moving sign part upon a window or support, to facilitate its actuation by suitable motor operating device of any simple kind, and said moving part may be associated with a sign feature directly painted on the Window or other support, or it may be associated with a separate sign part also attached to the window, or supporting base, whatever it may be.

It is known that sign devices involving moving parts, serve to attract attention better than stationary sign apparatus and owing to the movability feature and peculiar mounting feature of my invention, I find that it proves highly successful for the desired pur pose, in practise.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window to which my sign apparatus is applied, the motor operating means being also depicted at the upper right hand corner of the view.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View taken about on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view in elevation of a modified adaptation of the invention.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on about the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a similar sectional view taken about on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

For a full understanding of the present invention, reference may be had to the drawings, the figures of which are briefly described above, in conjunction with the following description that sets forth certain preferred embodiments of the invention, to which, however, I do not wish to be entirely confined in the carrying out of the principles of construction employed, except as required by the scope of the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, and especially to Figures 1 and 2, it is noted that 1 designates a windowwhich may be an ordinary show window of a store, the window glass be ngsupported in the framework2 in 'quite the customary manner. 3 there is noted as painted upon the window a sign feature consisting of a portion of thebody of roost er. A second signpart designated andin 'the sembl'ance of the head part of the rooster which is the figure being illustrated as a part ofthesign apparatus, is also utilizedll The sign part 1 isintended to have movabili'tyin relationto the "sign part 3for which reasonfit'is preferably separate 'from the window but associated or re resen'tation'of the rooster, or 'whatever ma e the figure intended to be used in the a er is 1 a convenient means for applying the movable sign part 4; to the window, I avail of a vacuum or suction cup 5 ;which will be pressed againstthezwindow upon that portion thereof carrying the relatively stationary signpart 3. 'The's'uction cup 5 is provided with" a x I and the mova le sign part4 is formed with a recess 7: intended to partially receive the cup 5' and permit the body ofthe movable sign part 4'to fit rather closelyagainst the window or against the stationary sign part "3 which may or. may not be painted upon the window. By reason of its pivotal mounting, the movable "sign partf 4 may be moved and for this purpose a'stringor cord 8'is attached to the 'movablesign part 4 at 9 and leads over a guide pulley or wheel 10 to amotor 11; In this instance, themotofll comprises a vibrating or oscillating arm ll 'whichis adapted to move back and forthas shown-by dottedlines and thus raise and lower th'e movablev'sign art-"4; In the illustrationused,the head of therooster which is the movable sign part4, will be given amovement by the motor resem bling the ordinary feeding movement of the head ofthe bird in picking its food. Appropriate legends maybe applied to thewindow appertaining to articles;'for instance, Take your pick, this legend or a similar one having relation togthe particular thing advertisedfsuch as an article for sale;

, a p y th n H part3 so thatlthe'whole' makesup the 'sign b votmembero su y headed I In Figure 3, there is shown a modification in which the relatively stationary sign part of the sign apparatus designated 4? is separate from the window instead of being painted thereon, as before described, being held in place by one or more suction cups 12, the head portion of which is inserted through an opening in the said sign part 46. In this construction, moreover, I utilize a special suction cup 13.,shown in Figure thaving the large pivot member 6 acting in a similar capacity to the member 6, previously described, but additionally passing through an opening in the stationary part P of the sign. v

In this particular construction, the stationary part 4} will also have a recessor depressidnifiand the mov b ig p t f the modification will have the recess or de-.

pression; 7? fitting ever" the depression or recess 7 In'other words, the parts 13, 7 and 7? have a sort of nested relation so that the sign par-ts maybe mounted and moved close together, A relatively stationary sign part a may be very slightly spaced from the'movable sign part :4 in the construction now described. i i

It is apparent that-with the general plan of construction of my sign apparatus as above set forth, various features and signs maybe employed that rather graphically depict a certain idea of sales value and an attractive ing sign appa atus is simply 'andcheap1y provided in this way. 7' f I Having thus described my invention, what I c aim as new and desire t c r by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

1, Movable sign apparatus, comprising .a sign adapted for mounting on a showswins dow, part of said Signbei'ng stationary, a second part being movable relativelyto the first part, said movable part having a recess therein, and a suction cup within the recess of the movable part having means for con.- nectingthe movable sign part to the, support in a movable relation to the stationary sign art. I A

2. v Movable sign apparatus, comprising a sign adapted for adjustable mountingon a support, part of said sign being stationary and having a recess therein, a second part movable relativelyto the first part also hav-. ng a rece s mating with the t, named recess, a suction cup fitting in the recess on the stationary part having means associated therewith and constituting a pivotal connec tion between the movable sign part and the stationary sign part and adapted to, attach the 7 two operatively, to the support upon which the sign apparatus may be mounted.

I 3. Movable sign apparatus comprising a relatively stationary sign part, a relatively movable Sign, part, one of said parts having a recesstherein, and a suction cup fittingi-n said recess and having means connecting themovable sign part to the support in a movabler'econstituting a pivotal connection between the movable sign part and the stationary sign part, and adapted to attach the two operatively to the support on which the sign apparatus may be mounted, said sign parts having nesting recesses in which the suction cup fits.

In testimonywhereof I afiix my signature.

BRUCE H. WALLACE. 

